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  • Safety office offers tips on overcoming post-holiday blues

    Have you ever wondered why it is so hard to get over the holidays and get back into work? You seem to be more fatigued even though you just had several days of rest; you seem to have forgotten every single skill you ever learned in your Air Force career, and mainly you just can't seem to get into work. Is it just you, or does everyone feel this

  • Congratulations AIrman Leadership School graduates!

    Team McConnell congratulates the Airman Leadership School Graduates of Class 07A, who graduated Dec. 1422nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Senior Airmen David Bruno, Jacob Collins, Joseph Davis, James Peak, Juan Saldana, Scott Scherbarth and Andrew Shepherd 22nd Air Refueling Wing Senior Airman Lyndzie Carter 22nd Communications Squadron Senior

  • Interested in job for razor-sharp Airmen? Honor guard is recruiting

    The Team McConnell Honor Guard is looking for a few good Airmen. Becoming an honor guard member means upholding standards of conduct and a level of professionalism above all other servicemembers. That is exactly what members of the McConnell Honor Guard agree to do when they recite the group's creed upon acceptance to the team. The team is looking

  • Air Guard provides storm relief to Kansans

    Twenty four troops from the Kansas Air National Guard, stationed at McConnell, deployed with only hours notice on New Year's Eve to assist residents of Western Kansas recover from the massive power outages that covered the region following an ice and snow storm. Lt. Col. Curtis Coln, commander of the 134th Air Control Squadron, led the group of

  • MDSS has healthcare covered at base clinic

    The 22nd Medical Support Squadron does exactly what it says in the name. They provide logistical, diagnostic, resource and administration support among a host of other activities to keep the clinic, and the approximately 20,000 area patients it serves, in good health. Support for the patient care system, treating an estimated enrollment of 12,500,

  • Base paper goes electronic

    The 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs office will soon deliver news to Team McConnell members through the World Wide Web - instead of through a weekly hardcopy newspaper. Public affairs members here will produce their last edition of the Contrails Feb. 2 and begin generating an electronic product called the e-Contrails Feb. 9. They will

  • Ten ways to shine during the IG inspection

    What you consider as your worst nightmare is coming to fruition: The Inspector General is coming. Apprehension, worry, fear, anxiety and tension float through the wing like a thick fog as questions arise in everyone's minds: What will the IG team expect? What will they focus on? What happens if we bust? What do we need to do to succeed? Wait a

  • Protecting classified information: Everyone's job

    A security clearance is a privilege, not a right.When Team McConnell members accept the privilege of access to classified information, they are also accepting the responsibilities that accompany this privilege. One of the first and most important responsibilities is proper training and an understanding of how to properly protect classified

  • AMC command chief visits, shares wisdom

    Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Barron, Air Mobility Command command chief, visited McConnell from Nov. 6-8 for a base orientation. Here are some of things he had to say about McConnell during his visit:Q. How does McConnell's mission contribute to the Global War on Terror? A. When you think about what tankers bring to the war, our country and defense to

  • Walk of memories, a somber experience

    If you look closely, you may realize that you have driven past it a hundred times, maybe never realizing the significance or not knowing it at all. It's the Memorial Walk just past the main gate here. Initial construction of the walk started in 1976 as a pathway for people coming from base housing to the chapel and other destinations on base. There
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